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Caution: after Le Temple sur Lot, respect the prohibition and bypass the farm buildings by road, to find a path that leads you closer to Montpezat.

Perched more than 150 meters above the Lot Valley, the fortified town of Laparade offers a spectacular view from its belvedere and public garden. Founded in 1265 by Alphonse de Poitiers, it preserves traces of its defensive past: ramparts, moats, and ancient fortified gates.

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The church was first the castle chapel of Saint-Barthélemy, annexed to Saint-Orens. It became a parish church under the dedication of Saint Orens in 1763 when it was ceded by the Duke of Aiguillon. The building was built in the first third of the 16th century, as the presence on the keystone of the choir of the coat of arms of Charles de Montpezat, lord of Laugnac and Dolmayrac seems to show. Two chapels were built next to the Epistle in the second half of the 17th century. In 16501, Mr. Rigade or Régal, judge, obtained authorization to build the south chapel near the choir according to the minutes of a pastoral visit made in 1705. The south chapels were remodeled around 1850. The east side chapel was then vaulted, according to Durengues. A repair of the vaults is planned for 1859. In 1890 a bay was added to the nave as well as the bell tower.

The origin of the monastery is unknown. The priory church already existed in 1117, when the church and its belongings were given to the abbey of La Chaise-Dieu. The priory, which contained twelve monks, fell into complete decline in the 15th century following poor management. At the end of the 16th century, the monks of Saint-Maur reestablished monastic discipline there and restored the church and the convent, ruined by the Wars of Religion. Of the 12th century church, the main apse and the north apsidiole remain. It was completed in the 14th century by the construction of the nave. The church was originally to have three naves. Only one remains, rebuilt on the plan of the middle nave. By a particular layout, the main apse is extended by a narrower and non-concentric apse. A chapel to the south was to complete this set. The apse of the sanctuary, vaulted in the bottom of the oven, being very low, it was necessary, to unite it to the bay of the choir through the second hemicycle, to resort to a particular construction: the large hemicycle has no vault. perfect hemispherical; to reduce the descent, the vault was abutted on a few foundations established above the triumphal arch. The ornamentation consists of plants, protruding heads, real or hybrid animals, scenes of characters. The door opening on the western facade is in the style of the 14th century. A steeple was erected on a square base, behind the gable, and was absorbed into an octagon.

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